Senior GOP staff warn of 'rabid' young Republican cohort
Yeesh. Amazing quote in this story by Kathy Gilsinan: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Chrysostom72That’s not fair. The current GOP does not have a generation of rabid incompetent idiots. The current GOP has several generations of rabid incompetent idiots. It’s important to get these things right.
Jason Lee13On the left I've also wondered how things might be different if the Hill paid reasonable wages for experienced professionals, and probably also provided a housing stipend. Imagine if STEM professionals spent some time in DC helping build policy and laws for our electeds.
CRobertBuchanan12Granting anonymity for this kind of shit is anathema to journalism. Some GOP hack wants to launder their fascism by blaming interns and staff and not the Nazis that hire them? So you give them anonymity?
quilterace.bsky.social5From terrible colleges like Liberty and Patrick Henry. They are “ Christian “ white supremacists.
Chris Wood4Much the same for Canada's RepubliCONservatives. Pierre pOILievre being a prime example.
HudsonRiverCroc4Seems like they interviewed groypers to pretend they’re not a problem in the party
🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾24So what they are saying is that a non diverse , ageist , ideologically uniform group of people is a bad thing If only teh government hadn’t built a way of adjusting for that … thag they destroyed
J. D.6With apologies and a bit of scorn to Oliver Wendell Holmes II, frankly, one generstion of these rabid, incompetent idiots is enough.
Howard Eissenstat6This matches what I see in my students... the latest crop of conservative students are just hopelessly online, hopelessly guided by vibe and ideology, regardless of how smart they may be. The same might be true of my progressive students, but not nearly to the same degree
Steve Schulz6Oh, so they’re saying that recruiting your top government jobs from the school shooter sections of 4chan is actually a BAD thing. Huh.
Problematic Otter5Also this is a delightful burn
2strong2silence.bsky.social5You could say that about any business. This is why Gen X is exasperated. What the hell is wrong with you young folks? Don’t come at me with all your nonsense. I’ve seen you have meltdowns at changing a damn password.
Tim Byrne5A hilarious admission that you can't actually find intelligent and competent people who have ideologies which accord with Republicans.
JP Antifa4A generation of Charlie Kirks.
Marya3It really is astonishing and yet here we are.
bjkeefe3Meh. Obvious cat is obvious. Call me when a Republican, even a staffer, is willing to say this on the record.
Senior Republican congressional staffer on trying to recruit new policy experts: “We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots.”
E.J. Fagan186New Heritage staffers are “More MAGA than Trump.”
elia ayoub83At least one of those interviewed is a straight up Nazi, so maybe it was a bad idea for the GOP to actively seek to appeal to Nazis?
Meh Pluribus Unum (Alli) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈73Politico is using "young Republican talent" for "Nazi youth" here.
Tomato Szn61If only there was some kind of lesson about the consequences of sowing and its effect on reaping.
Holden Disperra, #1 Ally of the LGBTQ community54The problem these Heritage ghouls don’t understand is that you don’t need experts for cringe subjects like “Middle East policy” or “Economic development”. The America of the future needs experts in semen retention and skull measuring
Black Eagle Polycule49I got detention in high school once for referring to the young Republicans club as the Hitler youth and refused to apologize. I actually hate how vindicated I am with that.
whet moser81“communications staff now outnumber policy staff in certain House and Senate offices — a reflection, they said, of members prioritizing “clicks and clapbacks in the ‘way too online’ corner of X”
Asawin Suebsaeng42Half a decade ago, @willsommer.bsky.social and I interviewed @pareene.bsky.social about his then-already years old column about how Charlottesville was a glimpse into the future of the GOP podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... ALEX’s take keeps on winning (sadly)
Kait Richardson 🥔28They don’t understand that it’s their ideology that birthed these incompetent idiots. People have been predicting this for decades.
Lindsay Beyerstein25Critics fear the thing that has already happened will happen: "But these critics fear a decline of merit and skill, along with a tolerance for darker ideologies that could cripple the party’s ability to govern in the long run."
New Flesh 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈9I’m sure it has nothing to do with our decades-long assault on education, devaluing liberal arts, fostering suspicion of expertise, love of quacks, and underfunding schools.
Joe Berkowitz9If you’re worried the next generation of republicans are rabid, incompetent idiots, I have some bad news about the current generation of republicans.
Alex Finley5The GOP has been preaching “meritocracy” but the only thing that merits inclusion is blind loyalty to Trump, which has led to recruits being fucking idiots.
logo, #1 MN pun gent5Huh. Pretty crazy how that happened after elevating a rabid, incompetent idiot to Dear Leader status
[Christopher M. Federico]5part and parcel of the radicalism in question here is that right-of-center politics increasingly occurs primarily within the simulacrum of right-wing media spaces (online and traditional), apart from real-world governance demands
McJulie4Seems like a clear case of reaping what you have sowed
Concern is mounting among high-ranking Republicans that the next generation of conservatives consists primarily of "rabid" "idiot" Nazis, according to a new report.
We F’ing Told You So 🏳️🌈6A better headline: Rabid idiot Nazis begin to reap what they have sewn
Xavier Gonzalez4Oh, sweetie. They're already a bunch of "idiot Nazis".
Jonty Edwards3They have happily fed this monster for ten years.
bigdaddylipscomb2.bsky.social2This is what you get when the Bad Guys win. They sew the seeds for worse guys to come.
RN Mayhem2Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Rocky Mountain Progressives1The GOP is a fascist party now.
Oh look, A PEDOPHILE LOVE FEST! Do Republicans bring their YOUNG DAUGHTERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS FOR EVENING ACTIVITIES? Wouldn’t put it past them😡😡😡 RELEASE THE DAMN EPSTEIN FILES!!!
Loam2I'm beyond impressed with the diversity in Pedolf's cabinet.
Madannie1Two things about piggy that I find irritating, his hair and his whole being, sits like he's on the POT and his nothing but a fat slug sitting on the pot posture exemplifies what a slug he is.
Ric - POTUS is a pedophile1If that happens it might be thanks to Katie Phang.
